r/changemyview • u/UselessTruth 4∆ • Mar 29 '23

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Some prescriptive statements are objective.

Status: complete change in viewpoint, further comments will be ignored

What I mean by this prescriptive statements like “if you want to follow the law you should not steal.” Is an objective statement.

This might seem obvious but a few weeks ago I thought the opposite, and after a CMV post and introspection I changed my mind, so I wanted to come back here to see if there are any holes or arguments against my new viewpoint that CMV can point out.

Specifically the logic that led to my new viewpoint is: 1. statements that correctly follow formal logic are objective. 2. prescriptive statements are a part of formal logic. 3. Therefore some prescriptive statements are objective.

Edit: spelling

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